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A house fire in camden leaves four people hurt including two Police Officers. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live in camden where investigators are looking into what caused this fire. Bring us up to speed, katy. Still no word on what caused that fire. It broke out just after 11 00 inside a home. Lets go to our video. The home was vacation but there was one individual inside that home that was injured. The video youre seeing, that individual in the back of an ambulance, hes actually a firefighter. He wasc one of the first responders. Channel 10 was on scene. We were the only crew to get video of the firefighters at the scene. Two Metro Police Officers were treated at the scene. Thats what im hearing now, at the scene for smoke inhalation. Initially we thought they were transported to Cooper University Medical Center. Im told that one firefighter and two Police Officers, all treated for smoke inhalation at the scene. Unfortunately there was an individual, a man, we dont have an age on him but he was inside that home when the fire started. He was pretty severely injure. He was brought hear to Cooper University Medical Center. Hes listed in critical condition. Again, no word on how this fire began. Thats the latest, live in camden, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. 5 02. Also new from overnight, crews put out a fire on a metal alloy plan the. The fire broke out around 12 30 this morning. No ones with hurt. The rittenhouse rape suspect whos now in custody may have victimized another woman prior to saturday mornings assault. Milton garcia is his name. Hes accused of raping a 26yearold woman at her Center City Apartment over the weekend. A second woman is reporting that a man matching garcias description exposed himself to her about an hour before the rape in the same area. Hes charged with rape, robbery, burglary and kidnapping. The man accused of trying to kill a bucs conte Police Officer has a preliminary hearing today. Matthew miller is charged with aemitted murder and other charges. Authorities say earlier this month, miller escaped from a Work Release Program and tried to stab bensalem Police Officer michael jokimski. Today well get a report card on the regions infrastructure. A live look at an important piece of that infrastructure this is where the American Society of Civil Engineers will put out its report on mass transit and other things. Jesse gary is at the Spring Garden bridge. That bridge is supposed to be repaired. Last half hour you gave us an advanced look at the grades given. They werent impressive. Engineers are calling on more and continued action similar to act 89 to fund repairs statewide. Lets take a look another our video. The American Society of Civil Engineers report card finds the entire system is in need of repairs. The society says one in four bridges in pennsylvania structurally deficient. They list several fixes, including keep up momentum from act 89 by passing similar transportation funding packages to fix whats broken or in need of repair. Ensure our infrastructure is resilient and online 99 of the time. And lastly, stop wasting money by wasting time. Doing all of this is not doing any cheaper. The longer we wait to fix our infrastructure, the more its going to cost. If you think about it, if you had a leak in your roof, the longer you wait to fix your roof, you know, it could really damage your house. Yes. You ever do roof work . It is not cheap. The question, where does all the money come from for all of this . Two suggestions well talk about, coming up in the next hour. Ge. Jesse gary, nbc 10 news. This morning, a second bridge investigation is being linked to new jersey governor Chris Christies administration. The Associated Press reports there are questions about how the administration paid for a billion dollar repair of the pulaski skyway bridge connecting newark and jersey city. The report says the feds are looking at whether the funding broke the law by misrepresenting bond documents from the Port Authority of new york and new jersey. All sides have declined comment. Christies administration is being investigated for lane closures at the George Washington bridge. Five minutes after 5 00 now. From our delaware bureau, struggling casinos find out if theyll get a financial boost from delaware lawmakers. State lawmakers will vote on a relief package today. The senate was supposed to take a vote last night but they had to iron out lastminute issues. The casino is hoping that the state will slash the amount of revenue they take from the casinos every year, staying that outofstate competition is herring them. The gaming houses say they will have trouble staying open if they do not reduce the revenue they take. Now first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Much more humidity, low during the day yesterday but steamier this morning. Even though it is dry, no rain just yet. We have low clouds in the area and showers and thunderstorms that are going to be developing this afternoon and we could see some heavy downpours in the area. Right now, 67 degrees, cloudy skies for mount pocono, cloudy in trenton and dover. 70 degrees in trenton. At the shore, you can see breaks in the clouds. This is a live view from cape may from the marquis de lafayette hotel. Showers are a possibility scattered around this afternoon as the humid air is going to be heating up to near 80 degrees along the coastline. There you can see the low clouds starting us off this morning. This afternoon, its this line of clouds, showers and thunderstorms. Its a possibility later in the day and into the evening hours. Thats where we can get some of the heaviest downpours. Big heavy rain overnight. Flood warn innings effect for northwestern pennsylvania. Temperatures will be climbing after a warm start this morning. Some areas close to 10 degrees warmer this morning, well be in the upper 70s at 9 00 with clouds building in the area, leading to a chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. 80 degrees today for mount pocono. Middle 80s for allentown, quakertown and reading. Showers and thunderstorms developing for northeast philadelphia, mount holly and doylestown during the afternoon hours. Vineland, 85 degrees. A bit warmer for dover with showers and thunderstorms scattered around this afternoon for wilmington, chester and philadelphia. Sevenday forecast with some dry days in it when i come back. Seven minutes after 5 00. Lets take a peek at how traffic is shaping up early on this wednesday morning. Nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele has that. For the majors, fee and clear of any accidents right now. Bridges are also clear. We have a downed pole causing problems in hamilton township, eastbound 33 near interstate 295. The right lane is blocked there. Checking average speeds, in new jersey, 65 Miles Per Hour is what were seeing on the turnpike, 55 on the freeway, 62 on 295. Majors looking pretty good at this hour, heading into pennsylvania, this is a live look at 422. Thas is the eastbound side rigt past route 29. We have a few drivers out there but no big delays to report just yet on 422. Typically around 6 15 is when we start to see the volume on the eastbound side as drivers make their way from oaks to route 23. Right now, no incidents to report. No delays to report. Route 100. We were dealing with emergency construction out there. That has since cleared. The route 30 bypass is looking good and so is route 202 right now. I want to give you a reminder for drivers in delaware. We still have a closure on 495 thats shut down in both directions between exits 2 and 3 all because of that bridge work going on in that area. Interstate 95 is definitely going to be a good alternate route for you. If youre making your way out in delaware, 95 is clear right now. Its a good option. No issues on route 1 or 13. Following breaking news, just in, philadelphias olney section, two people have been stabbed. One is a woman and shes been stabbed between 15 and 20 times. The other victim is a man in his 60s whos been stabbed in the chest. This happened in the 5900 block of north 4th street. Were getting more information to our newsroom. Were working to find out the conditions of the victims. Monique braxton is on her way to the scene and well check in with her as soon as she arrives. Dietz watson announces plans to rebuild its Distribution Center and that means new jobs. Well tell you how many. Also take a look at where this new facility will be built. And breaking out, a prisoner plans a daring escape and you had all caught on video. 12 minutes after 5 00. Typically youd start to see the sunrise around this time of the morning, but no, not this morning. Low clouds in the area. Its humid as you step outside, youll notice the humidity in the air. That ill with be with us throughout the day along with a chance of showers. Nbc 10 first alert radar here showing that system out to the west. Well see a chance this afternoon of showers. In about four minutes meteorologist bill henley will be back to explain when our best chances will arrive. Dietz watson is expanding its philadelphia operation. That means more than 150 new jobs but it comes at a loss to burlington county. Remember the massive fire last year destroyed the companys warehouse in delanco . Instead of rebuilding there, the company is moving its operation to the tacony section of philadelphia where it already has a facility. It will expand its headquarters and manufacturing facility which means 158 new jobs in philadelphia in addition to the 700 jobs already at the plant. Officials say the company will be eligible for more than 7 million in public funds. You remember it was in september of last year that the fire destroyed the dietz watson Distribution Center in delanco. More than 100 people who work there were moved to philadelphia. New information this morning on a pair of gun range robberies in philadelphia. Police arrested Jeffrey Chandler in new jersey. Theyd been looking for him for almost two weeks. They say he and another robber held up a man outside a gun range on june 11th. The next day investigators say the same pair shot and robbed a man outside a gun range in northeast philadelphia. Guns were stoleen in both incidents. Officers arrested the second suspect last week. Conditions range from serious to critical and pless say a seventh victim is being cared for by friends and family. Two men got out of an suv and opened fire outside of an apartment building. Police have not made any arrests. This morning, police are looking for a convicted killer who escaped from an arkansas prison, timothy buffington. The escape was caught on video saturday night. He broke into a safe room on prison grounds and took a shotgun. Police say he is armed and dangerous. 5 15. Time to take a look at how you may or may not be getting to work this morning if theres any trouble out there. If you are on your way out the door, an early start, volume doesnt start to pick up for another 45 minutes. Lets see if theres any trouble spots we need to talk about. Nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Blue route northbound, 59 to 76 is going to take you about 18 minutes. 14 minutes on 76 eastbound from the blue route to the vine. 14 minutes 95 southbound from wood haven to the cvine, avera speeds on pretty much all the majors right now. 55 miles an hour on 76, 55 Miles Per Hour on the boulevard. This is a live look at the boulevard near 76. As you can see, that is clear out there in both directions. The one problem we have is this downed pole in hamilton township, eastbound route 33 near interstate 295. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Beautiful sunshine, low humidity. That was yesterday. Today were starting off with low clouds. You can see them right over the city this morning. Thats a live view from the adventure aquarium. The clouds will thin out, well see sunshine but this afternoon, theres a good chance well see showers and thunderstorms. Clouds are keeping things warmer. 73 degrees. Humidity 81 right now. A steamier day all day long. A live view of Citizens Bank park. Clouds overhead, no showers this morning. Theres a chance of showers around for the ball game. I think theyll get the game in tonight. Theres a possibility of showers and thunderstorms into the evening hours especially. Moving out the door right now, 70s for the i95 corridor, wilmington, philadelphia, northeast philadelphia, doylesto doylestown, all in the 70s this morning. Gloucester county, low 70s for South Harrison and mullica hill. Its a muggy 66 degrees in piney hollow this morning. 80s this afternoon. Well be watching for showers and thunderstorms. In fact, the future weather shows at noontime, we could see the first showers pop up in the area. Scattered showers. Doesnt look like well be getting thunderstorm activity at this time. You might see a few spots on the wind shield during the afternoon hours. Then this evening, a line of showers and thunderstorms developing for the Lehigh Valley into berks county, Lancaster County getting rainfall and moving through the pocono mountains. That is 8 00 this evening. The showers and possibly thunderstorms rolling through the philadelphia area overnight tonight and into tomorrow. Then well be clearing out during the day tomorrow. Forecast for today is calling for a warm, muggy one. 86 degrees this afternoon. Closer to 90 tomorrow. Late day showers and thunderstorms. The storms are more likely this evening and into early tomorrow morning. During the day, the storms move out. The temperatures climb to near 90 on thursday. But nice weather ahead for friday and saturday. The humidity comes down. Temperatures in the middle 80s for both days. Should see some sunshine on sunday. A bit warmer with low humidity. 87 degrees. Then its into the low 90s monday and tuesday. Keeping it nice for the weekend, though. We appreciate that. Thank you, bill. Summer is the most popular time of the year to move, which means it can also be the most expensive time to do that. Ahead, well have advice from the experts to help you save. And new information this morning on how General Motors is looking to compensate victims of those faulty ignition switches. 5 21 right now. 76 degrees. A live picture from Citizens Bank park. Phillies play tonight. Nbc 10 meteorologist bill henley is tracking afternoon showers. He thinks the phillies may get in the game. Well check back with him in a few moments. Summer is a popular time to move. It can drive up the price of movers. Get at least three inperson estimates. Try to schedule your move on a week dey because prices can be up to 30 cheaper than on weekends. You may want to sell some stuff. They charge by the volume of your belongings or by the number of hours it takes to move you. National honors for a local realtor top today headlines from the Philadelphia Business journal. Brandywine realty is credited to helping revitalize university city. And the owner of a restaurant plans to open three more restaurants in the coming year. Courtney reagan has our cnbc business news. Good morning. Good morning to you. General motors compensation could bec expanded. The wall street journal says the automaker may use the money to pay anyone injured or killed in an accident in which the air bags didnt deploy. Ken feinberg, the compensation expert is expected to outline details as soon as this next week. So we can be sure all of these cases are far from over and it seems like the details are just now emerging for the Victim Compensation fund. Back to you. Courtney reagan with cnbc. Thanks. We know there are a lot of great nonprofit groups in the area. We have a grant challenge for nonprofits called 21st century solutions. A 50,000 grant is available, also two 25,000 grants. We want to help good ideas become great ones. Were taking your applications until august 8th. For more information on how this works and to apply, go to nbc10. Com. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. A steamy start this morning. Clouds have moved in overnight. Were starting 0 of with low clouds. You wont need your umbrella this morning. This afternoon, a different story. Theres a live cloudy view of center city. 73 muggy degrees at 5 23. Good morning, bill. This is a live look at 95 at cottman avenue. Its looking pretty good in both directions. No delays just yet. That will change later in the morning, typically around 6 00 is when we start to see the first delay on 95. Ill keep you updated on all of the delays as they form. We continue to follow breaking news on north 4th street in philadelphias olney section. Two people have been stabbed. One is a woman, shes been stabbed 15 to 20 times. Another victim is a man in his 60s. Hes been stabbed in the chest. Monique braxton is gathering information, establishing a live picture. Well check with her shortly. The local school board is stepping in after student journalists challenge the name of the school mascot. This is nbc 10 news. A cloudy, muggy start to the day. As we see on nbc 10 first alert radar here, showers now to our west moving in later this afternoon to our area. A latenight fire in camden injuries a man, two Police Officers and a firefighter. A live report from the hospital. A weekend water main break is still causing headaches for hundreds of people. Well tell you why philadelphia gas works and the Water Department are both involved in that situation. It is just about 5 30. 73 degrees already outside. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im tracy davidson. Im chris cato. Yes, it is a steamy one outside already. Lets get to meteorologist bill henley. You told us yesterday it was going to be muggy and boy you didnt disappoint. I like it when im right. Imagine that. It was a Beautiful Day yesterday, sunshine, humidity is low. Today were starting off with clouds and humidity and yes its going to be sticking with us for most of the day. Right now, the clouds are over the city. Thats a low cloud deck that moved in overnight. The shower threat will be here starting around lunch time today. Right now, the temperatures have dropped into the 70s for most of the area. Mount holly 68. 67 degrees in the pocono mountains. Millville 73 degrees, 14 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. We are watching the radar screen, too. Showers north and west. In one threehour period, we saw two inches of rainfall. Flood warn innings effect there. During the day we will see the clouds. Stick around. Some breaks of sunshine, 78 at 9 00. A chance of showers and steamy conditions as we move into the 80s at lunch time today. Future weather when i come back. First, jillian mele has traffic. We have two problems for drivers in new jersey to be aware of. Were dealing with an accident on 295 southbound at route 38, exit 40, the right lane is blocked in that area as a result of that accident. If you are heading out in that direction, watch for a little tap of the brakes in that area. Traffic can get by that scene, though. We have a downed pole in hamilton township, eastbound route 33 near interstate 295. This is a live look at the blue route out near mcdade boulevard. Both directions of 476 is very quiet right now. Drive times on the bluec route between 95 and 76, that will take you 18 minutes both ways. No issues on mass transit. Weve been on the scene of this breaking story for more than three hours now. A house fire in camden left four injured, including two Police Officers. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live in camden. You told us earlier that investigators thought at the time this house was vacant but it turns out there was a man inside. Reporter there was a man inside, chris. This house fire broke out just after 11 00 and an nbc 10 photographer was on scene shortly after. Take a look at this exclusive video he got of the camden firefighter who was injured from smoke inhalation. That camden firefighter was treated for minor injuries in the back of an ambulance. Fortunately he did not need to be transported. Unfortunate unfortunately, two Metro Police Officers did need to be transported to Cooper University Medical Center, treated for minor smoke inhalation. Im told they are doing okay. There was a man inside that home now. First responders said the home was vacant for all intents and purposes. There was an individual living inside that home or just in that home. He was critically injured. He is here at Cooper University Medical Center in critical condition. At this time, theres no word on what or who started the fire. Of course, that is under investigation. Reporting live in camden, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. 5 31 right now. 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